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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl K. Chumley

cchumley@washingtontimes.com

Cheryl Chumley is online opinion editor, commentary writer and host of the “Bold and Blunt” podcast for The Washington Times, and a frequent media guest and public speaker. She is the author of several books, the latest titled, “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom,” and “Socialists Don’t Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall.” Email her at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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Al Qaeda gunmen refuse to free hostages in Philippines

Al Qaeda-linked gunmen in the Philippines have refused to release a reported seven foreigners they’re holding hostage, as two weeks of negotiations with the government end in failure, according to various media reports.

January 28, 2013
President Barack Obama speaks Thursday during the Organizing for America National Health Care Forum in Washington. (Associated Press)

Obama taps campaign database to sell gun control

Organizing for Action — President Obama’s new nonprofit to bolster his public relations sell of policy to a nationwide audience — has just been handed the golden key of political campaigning: a massive computer database of American voter preferences.

January 28, 2013
President Barack Obama speaks Thursday during the Organizing for America National Health Care Forum in Washington. (Associated Press)

Obama taps campaign donor database to sell gun control

Organizing for Action — President Obama’s new nonprofit to bolster his public relations sell of policy to a nationwide audience — has just been handed the golden key of political campaigning: a massive computer database of American voter preferences.

January 28, 2013
**FILE** Vice President Joseph R. Biden, joined at the White House by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (left), holds a meeting Jan. 9, 2013, with gun-safety advocates and victims' families. (Associated Press)

Holder releases first 3 proposed gun rules

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has released the first three of what could be 23 new proposals aimed at strengthening the nation's gun laws, in line with the goals put forth by President Obama during his inaugural address and by executive order.

January 25, 2013
Ingmar Guandique

Court holds secret hearings on Chandra Levy murder case

A judge has been holding secret hearings on the May 2001 murder of congressional intern Chandra Levy, a surprising move that casts doubt on the conviction and imprisonment of El Salvador illegal immigrant Ingmar Guandique.

January 25, 2013
**FILE** Rachel Del Guidici, 18, of Shreve, Ohio, and others demonstrate June 28, 2012, against President Obama's health care law outside the Supreme Court in Washington. (Associated Press)

‘Obamacare’ survival guide surges on best-seller list

A new guide that reveals how readers might survive President Obama's health-care reform — its costs, as well as its medical care cuts — has surged on Barnes & Noble's best-seller books list to No. 4, with more than 100,000 copies sold.

January 25, 2013
Jim Messina (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama’s grassroots group has Soros, big business written all over it

President Obama's supposed grassroots group, Organizing for America, is actually anything but, as invitations for the group's private unveiling event last week revealed its ties to big business, big political donors, and even wealthy philanthropist George Soros.

January 25, 2013
This image from June 6, 2008, provided by General Motors shows an illustration of all-around collision warning in a driverless vehicle. The possibility of driverless cars are leaving a growing number of technologists and economists to wonder what happens to the millions of people who make a living driving cars and trucks. (Associated Press)

Driverless cars move to realm of reality

Hollywood fantasy, meet realm of reality. Driverless cars — like the ones featured in the television show "Knight Rider" or movie "I, Robot" — are actually coming to American highways.

January 25, 2013
** FILE ** Dumbo takes youngsters for a ride in Walt Disney World's Fantasyland area. (Associated Press)

Disney ‘MagicBands’ raise privacy concerns

Mickey Mouse goes Big Brother? Disney CEO Robert Iger is defending a new plan to monitor theme park visitors with "MagicBands" — bracelets containing tracking technology.

January 25, 2013